José
Moscardó
was
born in Madrid, Spain
in 1878. He joined the Spanish Army and served in the Philippines
(1897) and in North Africa before the First World
War.
By 1936
Moscardó had reached the rank of colonel. At the beginning
of the Spanish Civil War he took control
of the Alcazar School of Infantry. Surrounded by the Republican
Army,
Moscardó and despite threats to his captured son, refused to
surrender.
When the
siege came to an end, Moscardó took command of the troops at
the battle of Guadalajara (March 1937). He also took part in the Nationalist
campaign in Aragón and led the Army
of the Aragon during the campaign in Catalonia.
After the
war Moscardó was promoted to lieutenant general and became
captain general of Catalonia (1943-45). The following year he became
captain general in Andalusia. José
Moscardó died
in 1956.
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